Black - Aftershock

Shallow footsteps echo across the floor.

All that once was, I can see no more.

With the eyes of a child, you offer

Us the world.

With the wounds of the overlooked, I trust in you no more.

Bitter (sweet), now I’ve realized.

Drain from me

Bleed me with a smile.

In the eyes of the impressionable, your silhouette

shines gold… but in my eyes the truth be

Known… all is black.

Bleed me and you will find deep inside… all the pain

you’ve glamorized in me.

They say

Reflections never lie… at times I find that hard to believe.

That which you

project and that which you reflect I now

Truly perceive.

The filth you excrete, sickens me like nothing else.

As you walk away, and the distance between what

We once knew increases, I find solace in the simple fact that I know… I feel…

truth.

You’re walking a suicide mile

With destiny.

And me… I'm five steps away from forever